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Travelling backwards on a train is disconcerting. Even though I’m not driving the train I keep feeling that I should be turning round to see where I am going. Somehow, this makes the tedium of the journey even more unbearable despite some good company and the close proximity of an alcohol filled buffet car. While I’m staring at the French countryside, which is becoming increasingly hazy as the sun falls I start thinking about the peculiarities of domain names, an industry in which I landed unexpectedly 4 years ago. A simple industry, needlessly spoiled by complexity, over regulation and decentralisation. A profitable industry, profitable for the registries that are authorised to issue names (for a fee), profitable for the registrars that register these names on behalf of corporations and individuals alike, hugely profitable for those with a bit of money and a bit of imagin...